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Do You Believe In Miracles? U.S.A. hockey team wins gold in Lake Placid
- Disabled Canadian athlete Terry Fox runs his Marathon of Hope
- First Rotisserie Baseball League is formed
- Paul Westhead coaches Lakers to NBA title
- Muhammad Ali loses by TKO to Larry Holmes
- Tim Richmond named Indy Rookie of the Year
Little Mac Attack: John McEnroe wins Wimbledon and U.S. Open
- Iran hostage crisis ends
- Major League Baseball goes on strike
- 5-year-old golf phenom Tiger Woods appears on That's Incredible
- Lady Diana Spencer marries Prince Charles
- Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder plays bookie in The Cannonball Run
- Marcus Dupree rushes for 1,955 yards for Philadelphia (Miss.) High
- Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first female Supreme Court justice
- Paul Westhead fired as Lakers coach
- Frank Marshall produces Raiders of the Lost Ark
Elementary: Tom Watson wins U.S. and British Opens
- Wayne Gretzky of Edmonton Oilers sets NHL record with 92 goals
- Diner, directed by Barry Levinson, opens
- George Steinbrenner fires Yankees manager Bob Lemon after 14 games
- Marcus Dupree enrolls at the University of Oklahoma
- The Weather Channel goes on the air
- Lawn Chair Larry rises 16,000 feet in lawn chair buoyed by weather balloons
- Cal Ripken Jr. starts his record consecutive game streak
- Compact discs are sold for the first time
- John Belushi dies of a drug overdose
V for Victory: Jim Valvano coaches North Carolina State to NCAA title
- Bjorn Borg retires
- Marcus Dupree of Oklahoma rushes for 238 yards in Fiesta Bowl
- Donna Griffiths of Pershore, England finally stops sneezing after 978 days
- Microsoft Word is released
- Carrie Fisher marries Paul Simon
- Detroit Pistons beat Denver Nuggets in triple overtime, 186-184
- Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes an American citizen
- The Colts play what will be their last home game in Baltimore
Hello, Mary Lou: Gymnast Mary Lou Retton lights up the L.A. Olympics
- First Apple MacIntosh goes on sale
- The Natural, directed by Barry Levinson, opens
- Georgetown beats Houston in NCAA finals for Big East's first basketball title
- Marcus Dupree signs with New Orleans Breakers of USFL
- Colts abandon Baltimore for Indianapolis in wee small hours of the morning
- Lakers fan Jack Nicholson moons Celtics fans at Boston Garden
- A tape of his Tarzan call is played at Johnny Weissmuller's funeral
- University of Miami hires Jimmy Johnson as football coach
- Miami Vice premieres on NBC
- Vanessa Williams becomes first African-American Miss America
Giant-killers: Villanova upsets Georgetown in NCAA finals
- Hank Gathers and Bo Kimble lead Dobbins Tech to Philadelphia high school hoops title
- Paul Westhead hired as coach at Loyola Marymount
- Three Big East teams (Villanova, St. John's, Georgetown) make Final Four
- Mat Hoffman joins BMX circuit as a 13-year-old amateur
- Mike Tyson makes his pro debut in Albany, N.Y.
- Madonna marries Sean Penn
- WrestleMania debuts at Madison Square Garden
- Wreck of the Titanic is discovered
- Nike releases first Air Jordan
- Giant-killers: Villanova upsets Patrick Ewing and Georgetown in NCAA finals
Cursed: New York Mets beat Boston Red Sox in the World Series
- Spike Lee directs and stars as Mars Blackmon in She's Gotta Have It
- Space shuttle Challenger explodes, killing 7, including teacher Christa McAuliffe
- Hank Gathers and Bo Kimble transfer from USC to Loyola Marymount
- Tatum O'Neal marries John McEnroe
- Len Bias dies of a cocaine overdose after being the Celtics' No. 1 draft pick
- Mike Tyson wins first heavyweight title at age 20, defeating Trevor Berbick
- Statue of Liberty celebrates 100th birthday
- Tim Richmond wins seven NASCAR races.
- Chris Evert defeats Martina Navratilova at French Open to win 18th Grand Slam
Milk Man: Al Unser wins his fourth Indy 500
- WR Michael Irvin helps University of Miami win national championship
- The Simpsons make first appearance on The Tracey Ullman show
- Spike Lee stars as Mars Blackmon in Nike Air Jordan ad
- Pacers use 11th pick in NBA draft on Reggie Miller
- Gary Hart forced out of Presidential race because of his affair with Donna Rice
- Fatal Attraction opens
- Bobby Knight wins 3rd National Championship at Indiana
- Yugoslavia National Basketball team defeats the US twice to win the FIBA World Junior Championships
Cheer, Cheer: Lou Holtz leads Notre Dame to national title
- CBS fires Jimmy “The Greek” after he makes racially insensitive remarks
- George Steinbrenner fires Billy Martin for the fifth time
- Bull Durham, directed by Ron Shelton, opens
- USFL's third, and final, season
- George H.W. Bush defeats Michael Dukakis in Presidential election
- The Naked Gun, starring Leslie Nielsen, O.J. Simpson and Reggie Jackson opens
- Wayne Gretzky traded from Edmonton to Los Angeles
Bad Boys: Pistons sweep Lakers for NBA title
- Spike Jonze shoots his first skate video, Rubbish Heap
- New coach Dennis Erickson and QB Craig Erickson lead University of Miami to national title
- Exxon Valdez spills estimated 10.9 million gallons of oil off Alaska coast
- Do the Right Thing, directed by Spike Lee and featuring Samuel L. Jackson, opens
- Hank Gathers of Loyola Marymount leads NCAA in scoring and rebounding
- Morgan Freeman stars in Driving Miss Daisy
- Tim Richmond dies of AIDs.
Buster Douglas stuns Mike Tyson to take the heavyweight title
- Commissioner Fay Vincent orders George Steinbrenner to resign as Yankees general partner
- Hank Gathers collapses during a Loyola Marymount game and dies
- Len Bias's younger brother Jay, a once promising basketball player himself, is shot to death
- Nelson Mandela released from prison after more than a quarter of a century
- President George H. W. Bush signs Americans With Disabilities Act
- East and West Germany reunify
- Andres Escobar makes his World Cup debut for Colombia
- Vlade Divac and Drazen Petrovic lead Yugoslavia to FIBA World Championship in Argentina.
Wide Right: Giants win Super Bowl when Bills' Scott Norwood misses a late field goal
- University of Miami wins fourth national football title in nine years
- Actor Mickey Rourke debuts as a pro fighter, beating Steve Powell by decision
- U.S. Suggest: U.S. invades Iraq in first Gulf War
- Bulls win first NBA title
- Soviet Union disbands
- Mike Tyson charged with raping Desiree Washington
- Magic Johnson tests HIV positive
- Penguins win first Stanley Cup- John Singleton becomes youngest person (23) and first African-American to be nominated for Best Director Oscar for Boyz ‘N The Hood.
Dream Team: MJ and Co. win gold in Barcelona
- White Men Can't Jump, directed by Ron Shelton, opens
- Allen Iverson leads Bethel High School to a Virginia state football title
- Tupac Shakur and Samuel L. Jackson appear in Juice
- Emilio Estevez marries Paula Abdul
- Charlie Sheen pays $93,500 for the ball that went through Bill Buckner's legs
- Jay Leno replaces Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show
- Vice-President Dan Quayle says “potato” should have an e at the end
- Bill Clinton defeats President George H.W. Bush and Ross Perot
First Lady: Julie Krone becomes first woman jockey to win Triple Crown race
- Steve Nash leads Santa Clara to upset of Arizona in first round of NCAAs
- George Steinbrenner resumes control of the Yankees
- Allen Iverson arrested after brawl in Hampton bowling alley
- Michigan's Fab Five loses in NCAA final after Chris Webber calls a timeout his team didn't have
- Monica Seles stabbed by an obsessed fan of Steffi Graf
- Barry Levinson becomes part-owner of Orioles
- Drazen Petrovic killed in an auto accident.
Their Cup Runneth Over: New York Rangers win first NHL title in 54 years
- Reggie Miller responds to Spike Lee's taunts with 25 fourth quarter points in Madison Square Garden playoff game.
- Tiger Woods wins first U.S. Amateur
- Colombia's Andres Escobar is shot and killed 10 days after his game-deciding own goal
- Michael Jordan reports to spring training with the Chicago White Sox
- Norwegian speed skater Johann Koss wins three gold medals at the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer
- OJ Simpson leads the LAPD on a slow speed car chase.
- Baseball strike cancels the World Series
Iron Bird: Cal Ripken passes Lou Gehrig in consecutive games played (2,131)
- Michael Jordan retires from baseball after hitting .202 in Double-A in 1994
- Mississippi becomes last of 36 states that were in existence in 1856 to ratify Thirteenth Amendment, which abolishes slavery
- Nelson Mandela gives World Cup rugby trophy to Springboks captain Francois Pienaar
- 168 people killed in Oklahoma City bombing
- O.J. Simpson found not guilty of double murder
- Marcus Dupree becomes a pro wrestler
- Reggie Miller scores 8 points in 8.9 seconds to beat the Knicks in the playoffs.
Great as Gold: Michael Johnson becomes first male Olympian to win 200 and 400
- 76ers take Allen Iverson with 1st pick in NBA draft; Suns take Steve Nash with 15th
- Jimmy “The Greek” dies
- Major League Soccer kicks off
- Following Mike Tyson's TKO of Bruce Seldon in Las Vegas, Tupac Shakur is gunned down
- Prince Charles and Princess Di divorce
- After winning his third straight U.S. Amateur, Tiger Woods turns pro
- World champ Garry Kasparov defeats computer Deep Blue to win chess match.
- Lakers trade Vlade Divac to Hornets for draft rights to Kobe Bryant.
Major Breakthrough: Tiger Woods wins his first Masters
- Bill Clinton inaugurated for second term
- Tara Lipinski, 14, becomes youngest woman to win world figure skating title
- Comet Hale-Bopp makes its closest approach to the Earth
- Tony Blair becomes prime minister of the United Kingdom
- Red Wings win first Stanley Cup in 42 years
- Princess Di killed in Paris automobile crash
- Mother Teresa dies
- Marlins win their first World Series
Bull Market: Michael Jordan wins his sixth NBA title
- Broncos become first AFC team in 14 years to win Super Bowl
- Bill Clinton denies having “sexual relations” with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky
- Dale Earnhardt wins the Daytona 500 in his 20th try
- ESPN The Magazine debuts
- Mark McGwire passes Roger Maris for single-season HR record
- Bill Clinton impeached by U.S. House of Representatives
- Grade school children in Aurora, Colo., collect $35,000 to buy freedom of slave children in Sudan
Splish Splash: X Games star Travis Pastrana launches his bike into SF Bay
- Two teens at Columbine (Colorado) High School kill 12 students, one teacher and themselves
- George Steinbrenner calls Yankees pitcher Hideki Irabu a “fat pussy toad”
- 31-1 shot Charismatic wins Kentucky Derby
- Samuel L. Jackson hosts the ESPYs for the first time
- Lance Armstrong wins first Tour de France
- Being John Malkovich, directed by Spike Jonze, opens
- World population reaches 6 billion with baby born in Sarajevo
Polished Woods: Tiger wins three of the four golf majors
- Rams win first NFL championship since 1951
- Agent Scott Boras gets a 10-year, $252-million contract from Texas for A-Rod
- Final Peanuts comic strip appears
- Steve Nash plays for Canadian Olympic basketball team
- Yankees beat Mets in five games of World (Subway) Series
- George W. Bush narrowly defeats Al Gore in Presidential election
- Sydney hosts Summer Olympics” to “Marion Jones wins five medals at Sydney Olympics.
Going, Going, Gone: Barry Bonds hits 73 homers
- QB Ken Dorsey leads University of Miami to a national title
- Wikipedia is founded
- Gladiator wins Best Picture
- Allen Iverson voted NBA MVP
- 9/11: Almost 3,000 people are killed after terrorists hijack four commercial jets
- 9/21: Mike Piazza hits a game-winning homer for the Mets as sports returns to NYC
- Air Jordan I is re-released for a second time
- Pope John Paul II sends the first papal e-mail from his laptop
Sister Act: Serena Williams wins three of the four tennis majors
- Patriots beat Rams 20-17 in Super Bowl XXXVI
- Salt Lake City hosts Winter Olympics
- Jackass, The Movie, produced by Spike Jonze and directed by Jeff Tremaine, opens
- Allen Iverson delivers famous “We're talking about practice” statement
- Charismatic shipped to Japan to stand at stud
- Mat Hoffman does first no-handed 900 at 2002 X Games
- Saints trade Ricky Williams to the Dolphins
Columbus Day: Ohio State upsets Miami 31-24 in double OT for BCS title
- Tampa Bay routs Oakland in Super Bowl XXXVII
- 350,000-year-old footprints of upright-walking man discovered in Italy
- Cubs fan Steve Bartman reaches out to catch a foul ball that might have been caught by Moises Alou
- United States and allies commence Shock and Awe campaign in Iraq
- Martha Stewart indicted for securities fraud, making false statements and obstruction of justice
- New Jersey loses NBA Finals to San Antonio
- Concorde makes last supersonic commercial flight
- Marlins capture second World Series title
- U.S. 4th Infantry Division captures Saddam Hussein
Curse Reverse: Red Sox win first World Series in 86 years
- Patriots defeat Panthers in Super Bowl XXXVIII
- The last Oldsmobile rolls off the assembly line
- Ronald Reagan, the 40th President, dies at the age of 93
- Athens hosts the Summer Olympics
- Edvard Munch's The Scream is stolen from an Oslo museum
- Mount St. Helens becomes active again
- Montreal Expos play their final game
- George W. Bush is re-elected President
- Pistons and Pacers brawl in the “Malice at the Palace”
Yellow Fever: Lance Armstrong wins seventh straight Tour de France
- Patriots win third Super Bowl in four years
- YouTube goes online
- NHL cancels its season
- Million Dollar Baby wins Best Picture
- Some 4 million people travel to the Vatican to mourn Pope John Paul II
- North Carolina defeats Illinois 75-70 in NCAA basketball finals
- U.S. Gulf Coast devastated by Hurricane Katrina
- Disneyland turns 50
- White Sox win their first World Series since 1917
Destiny Denied: Barbaro breaks down in the Preakness
- Steelers win fifth Super Bowl
- Turin, Italy, hosts Winter Olympics
- Japan wins first World Baseball Classic
- Italy defeats France in a shootout to win FIFA World Cup in Berlin
- The Scream is recovered
- Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher retires
- Europe wins Ryder Cup, crushing U.S. in Ireland
- Cardinals beat Tigers in World Series
- Saddam Hussein executed by hanging
Groundbreaker: Tony Dungy becomes first black coach to win the Super Bowl
- Bobby Knight becomes NCAA's all-time winningest men's basketball coach
- Barbaro is euthanized
- Florida wins second straight NCAA basketball title
- A gunman killed 32 people in massacre at Virginia Tech before committing suicide
- Michael Vick indicted on charges stemming from his involvement in dog fighting
- NBA referee Tim Donaghy pleads guilty in betting scandal
- Barry Bonds takes Mike Bacsik deep to break Hank Aaron's all-time HR record of 755
- Marion Jones surrenders the five Olympic medals she won in Sydney
- Red Sox sweep Rockies for second World Series in four years
Water Log: Michael Phelps wins eight gold medals in Beijing
- Giants upset previously unbeaten Patriots 17-14 to win Super Bowl XLII
- Kansas defeats Memphis in overtime for NCAA basketball title
- Triple Crown hopeful Big Brown comes up short in the Belmont
- Red Wings beat Penguins for Stanley Cup
- Celtics win their first 17th NBA title, but first since 1986
- Tiger Woods wins the U.S. Open, his 14th major, defeating Rocco Mediate on the 19th playoff hole
- Rafael Nadal defeats Roger Federer in an epic Wimbledon final
- Barack Obama defeats John McCain to become first African-American President
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